Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84 exptools; site ihu1e.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!bellcore!petrus!sabre!zeta!epsilon!gamma!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!ihnp4!ihu1e!jss From: jss@ihu1e.UUCP (Smith) Newsgroups: net.micro.att Subject: Re: Bugs in email for Unix PC Message-ID: <598@ihu1e.UUCP> Date: Tue, 7-Jan-86 15:04:56 EST Article-I.D.: ihu1e.598 Posted: Tue Jan 7 15:04:56 1986 Date-Received: Wed, 8-Jan-86 08:12:09 EST References: <166@gladys.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 17 > I think I have identified some bugs in the email program for the AT&T > 7300. (Email is the windowed program that costs extra, not /usr/bin/mail, > or mailx, which is available free from The Store). > > -- If an L.sys entry is too long, mail sent to any remote system will fail. > Apparently email cannot handle an L.sys line longer than 100 characters. > Any characters over 100 are somehow passed to the rmail command which > is transmitted to the receiving computer. > ... > David Dalton [ihnp4!burl!gladys!dalton] I have an L.sys entry of 119 characters it has not caused me a problem. -- J. S. Smith AT&T IW There are lots of opinions around this place, but these are mine and no one else's (pitty the poor soul if they do share mine.)